DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 18 (TNSJou) -- The American Heart Association issued the following news release: While COVID-19 vaccines and variants continued to capture health headlines, a number of significant scientific research breakthroughs offered promising news in the fight against heart disease, stroke and cardiovascular risk factors. The American Heart Association, the largest non-governmental funder of heart and stroke related research in the United States, has been compiling an annual list of m  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 18 -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers-New York District issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2021: Earlier today, leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, gathered with elected officials and project partners at Fire Island Lighthouse, Bay Shore, NY, where an official ceremony kicked off commencement of construction for a major coastal-storm risk-management project. The Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) Project will reduce flood risk for Long I  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - New England Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 17, 2021, entitled "County Employment and Wages in New Hampshire - 2Q 2021": Employment rose in New Hampshire's two large counties, Hillsborough and Rockingham, from June 2020 to June 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (Large counties are those with annual average employment levels of 75,000 or m  more

DALLAS, Texas, Dec. 18 (TNSRep) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Southwest Regional Information Office issued the following report on Dec. 17, 2021, entitled "Employer Costs for Employee Compensation for the Regions - September 2021": Private industry employer costs for employee compensation among the four regions of the country ranged from $33.41 per hour in the South to $41.44 in the West in September 2021, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. In t  more

BOSTON, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSJou) -- Boston University School of Public Health issued the following news: * * * A new perspective paper led by Jacob For, assistant professor of global health and epidemiology, zeroes in on policymakers' failure to disseminate conclusive evidence that HIV medicine prevents sexual transmission of the virus. * * * Ten years after the landmark HIV Prevention Trials Network 052 trial (HPTN 052) concluded that antiretroviral therapy (ART) prevents the sexual   more

AUGUSTA, Maine, Dec. 18 -- The Maine House Democrats issued the following news release: Senate President Troy Jackson, D-Allagash, and House Speaker Ryan Fecteau, D-Biddeford, released a memo outlining the plan for the Maine Legislature to convene in January. The full Legislature will convene in-person at the State House Wednesday, Jan. 5 and Jan. 26 to conduct legislative business. Presiding Officers plan to release a further session schedule in late January and will continue to evaluate the   more

ALBANY, New York, Dec. 18 -- Gov. Kathy Hochul, D-New York, issued the following news release on Dec. 17, 2021: Governor Kathy Hochul today announced commencement of construction for a major coastal-storm risk-management project led and fully funded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, in partnership with New York State. The Fire Island to Montauk Point (FIMP) Project will reduce flood risk for Long Islanders along vulnerable areas of 83 miles of coastline in Suffolk County f  more

WESTBOROUGH, Massachusetts, Dec. 18 (TNSOps) -- The New England First Amendment Coalition issued the following news release: The New England First Amendment Coalition recently argued for immediate access to civil complaints in Maine saying that current delays are unconstitutional. "Robust, accurate news reporting requires timely access to civil complaints," according to a Dec. 15 amicus brief (http://www.nefac.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/RCFP-CNS-v.-Glessner-Amicus-Brief-As-Filed.pdf) draft  more

BIRMINGHAM, Alabama, Dec. 18 (TNSJou) -- The University of Alabama issued the following news: New research from University of Alabama at Birmingham, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, suggests a gene therapy called LentiGlobin could provide a permanent cure for sickle cell disease. Julie Kanter, M.D., director of the UAB Adult Sickle Cell Clinic, says patients treated with this therapy are beginning to show signs of producing stable amounts of normal red blood cells containing h  more

NEW YORK, Dec. 14 (TNSJou) -- NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital issued the following news release: An experimental gene therapy for sickle cell disease restored blood cells to their normal shape and eliminated severe pain crises for years after treatment, a multicenter study has found. A study of an investigational gene therapy for sickle cell disease has found that a single dose restored blood cells to their normal shape and eliminated the most serious complication of the disease for at least thr  more